Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 軟音化, from 軟音 (lenis) + (turn into).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)nɯmβwa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeoneumhwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeon'eumhwa
McCune–Reischauer?yŏnŭmhwa
Yale Romanization?yēn.umhwa

Noun

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연음화 (yeoneumhwa) (hanja 軟音化)

  1. (linguistics) lenition; soft mutation

Synonyms

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이은소리되기 (ieunsoridoegi)